Scottish Government Social Security

Ever since we began our consultation in 2016, we have been clear that our social security system would be built with the people who will actually use it. This is why we formed our innovative and unique Experience Panels last year and recruited over 2,400 people with experience of the current benefits system...

Losing a loved one is a difficult and distressing time. A time that can be made even harder if money is tight. And while it is important that where we can, we plan and save for our own funeral, not everyone can afford to put money aside to do that. So it is important...

From 4 October the Scottish Government will offer people living in Scotland and in receipt of the UK Government’s Universal Credit the choice to: be paid either monthly or twice monthly; and have the housing costs in their award of Universal Credit paid direct to their landlord. Our main focus has been on the positive...